The XLcloud project strives to establish the demonstration of a High Performance Cloud Computing (HPCC) platform based on OpenStack that is designed to run a representative set of compute intensive workloads. Two Use Cases will be demonstrated during this presentation. First, the interventional radiology use case of the XLCloud project has the goal to show that the XLCLoud platform can be used to leverage an application requiring both interaction and high performance computing. This simulator, developed by CEA and Esprimed, allows medical staff to prepare or replay an intervention in a 3D interactive environment (manipulation of the radiological system, position of people and their protections) while having the benefit of precise estimation of the dose they are exposed to through a 3D monte carlo simulation optimized in order to provide results in interactive time. The second use case will be based on cloud gaming and 3D visualization. XLcloud is a three-year long collaborative project funded by the French FSN (Fonds national pour la Société Numérique) programme.
Is Bitcoin a disruptive innovation? A talk at Portsmouth Business School, UK Delta Value Consulting
This talk explains Bitcoin and its innovations within the fields of politics, finance and technology.
I first explain a bit about what Bitcoin is as only about 20 of the 70 attendees knew what it was. None of them had any yet. It is still quite hard to buy Bitcoin. I offered them the chance to go grab some Bitcoin from my digital wallet, if they could figure out how to do so! It's still not that simple to get a wallet and figure it out.
First I spoke about why a digital or crypto currency has taken off now, mainly due to the recent financial crises and loss of trust int he banking system. And that it's a very secure system, designed to be a currency.
I spoke about the main innovations as I see them of Bitcoin:
Innovation 1
Peer to Peer: Bitcoin is simplifying the system. Way less players now get involved in a 'simple' payment transaction between 2 people. This brings down the transaction costs hugely.
Innovation 2
Bitcoin has a money supply that grows at a steady rate that is predicted, and is fixed at a certain date in the future. It is non-inflationary. Inflation has crippled our savings. this could really change the way we relate to money.
Innovation 3
We are putting our trust in Maths to verify the transactions, rather than in governments or banks. It is non -hierarchical - it is not developed by a company or a government. The founder set up the system and disappeared leaving it for us all to use. Hayek and the Libertarians love it because governments can't manipulate the money supply for political reasons or to win wars. We have moved from a commodity-based currency to a political-based currency to mathematical currency.
Innovation 4
It's not created by a country or a company- it's out there for everyone to use freely.
Story of Satoshi Nakamoto- its creator, who disappeared.
Innovation 5
It's Open Source- which means it's constantly being improved and tested. It's 'the people's job' to peer review the code and make sure it's secure, and that it doesn't favour any one party, or provide back-doors for a minority of vested interests.
Innovation 6
It is transparent- there's been a lot of hype about how black money can hide in Bitcoin. However all transactions are publicly available and so it's not anonymous, but rather pseudonymous. Swiss banks are much more anonymous.
Innovation 7
Bitcoin is for everyone to use, there is no one controlling the system making it exclusive. Now 1/3 of Kenyans have a Bitcoin Wallet for mobile transactions. The barriers to use Bitcoin are technical- both in knowledge and access to digital technology.
Negociation Techniques: Sri Lankan Government vs LTTE Analysis (MBA) Delta Value Consulting
This was for a class at MIT Sloan in 'Power and Negociation' and is an analysis of the negociating positions of the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) at the end of the civil war in 2009. This is purely theoretical and for class purposes only. We are completely neutral in our position.
The XLcloud project strives to establish the demonstration of a High Performance Cloud Computing (HPCC) platform based on OpenStack that is designed to run a representative set of compute intensive workloads. Two Use Cases will be demonstrated during this presentation. First, the interventional radiology use case of the XLCloud project has the goal to show that the XLCLoud platform can be used to leverage an application requiring both interaction and high performance computing. This simulator, developed by CEA and Esprimed, allows medical staff to prepare or replay an intervention in a 3D interactive environment (manipulation of the radiological system, position of people and their protections) while having the benefit of precise estimation of the dose they are exposed to through a 3D monte carlo simulation optimized in order to provide results in interactive time. The second use case will be based on cloud gaming and 3D visualization. XLcloud is a three-year long collaborative project funded by the French FSN (Fonds national pour la Société Numérique) programme.
Is Bitcoin a disruptive innovation? A talk at Portsmouth Business School, UK Delta Value Consulting
This talk explains Bitcoin and its innovations within the fields of politics, finance and technology.
I first explain a bit about what Bitcoin is as only about 20 of the 70 attendees knew what it was. None of them had any yet. It is still quite hard to buy Bitcoin. I offered them the chance to go grab some Bitcoin from my digital wallet, if they could figure out how to do so! It's still not that simple to get a wallet and figure it out.
First I spoke about why a digital or crypto currency has taken off now, mainly due to the recent financial crises and loss of trust int he banking system. And that it's a very secure system, designed to be a currency.
I spoke about the main innovations as I see them of Bitcoin:
Innovation 1
Peer to Peer: Bitcoin is simplifying the system. Way less players now get involved in a 'simple' payment transaction between 2 people. This brings down the transaction costs hugely.
Innovation 2
Bitcoin has a money supply that grows at a steady rate that is predicted, and is fixed at a certain date in the future. It is non-inflationary. Inflation has crippled our savings. this could really change the way we relate to money.
Innovation 3
We are putting our trust in Maths to verify the transactions, rather than in governments or banks. It is non -hierarchical - it is not developed by a company or a government. The founder set up the system and disappeared leaving it for us all to use. Hayek and the Libertarians love it because governments can't manipulate the money supply for political reasons or to win wars. We have moved from a commodity-based currency to a political-based currency to mathematical currency.
Innovation 4
It's not created by a country or a company- it's out there for everyone to use freely.
Story of Satoshi Nakamoto- its creator, who disappeared.
Innovation 5
It's Open Source- which means it's constantly being improved and tested. It's 'the people's job' to peer review the code and make sure it's secure, and that it doesn't favour any one party, or provide back-doors for a minority of vested interests.
Innovation 6
It is transparent- there's been a lot of hype about how black money can hide in Bitcoin. However all transactions are publicly available and so it's not anonymous, but rather pseudonymous. Swiss banks are much more anonymous.
Innovation 7
Bitcoin is for everyone to use, there is no one controlling the system making it exclusive. Now 1/3 of Kenyans have a Bitcoin Wallet for mobile transactions. The barriers to use Bitcoin are technical- both in knowledge and access to digital technology.
Negociation Techniques: Sri Lankan Government vs LTTE Analysis (MBA) Delta Value Consulting
This was for a class at MIT Sloan in 'Power and Negociation' and is an analysis of the negociating positions of the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) at the end of the civil war in 2009. This is purely theoretical and for class purposes only. We are completely neutral in our position.
A Fundamental Disruption: Moving Information Architecture Into the Hands of I...Robert Barlow-Busch
Presented at the 2009 IA Summit conference by Peter Sweeney and Robert Barlow-Busch of Primal Fusion.
Technologies are considered disruptive if they challenge fundamental assumptions about how we do things. There is a fundamental assumption in information architecture that producers need to organize content before consumers can access it effectively. This is so fundamental that it permeates virtually every aspect of today’s online experience...
This presentation briefly introduces semantic technologies before exploring how these technologies could challenge the foundations of information architecture...
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/dec-2016-member-meeting-khronos
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Mark Bünger, Vice President of Research at Lux Research, delivers the presentation "Imaging + AI: Opportunities Inside the Car and Beyond" at the December 2016 Embedded Vision Alliance Member Meeting. Bünger presents his firm’s perspective on how embedded vision will upend the automotive industry.
The first "Insights in Technology Conference" was in Schaffhausen on December 16, 2019. The event is organized by the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology SIT. Special guest is Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterle.
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology website: http://sit.org
The digital world is facing a crisis that has at the same time opened new windows of opportunity. To tackle the shortage of potential leaders joining the digital sector, the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT) has crafted a new course: Masters of Science (MSc) in Computer Science and Software Engineering – to better prepare graduates for leadership roles, specifically within the IT and Science disciplines.
At the #SITinsights in Technology talk, we’re blending computing and economics, bringing knowledge and expertise from all relevant fields to help enable global efforts.
About Schaffhausen Institute of Technology:
With its pioneering curriculum, the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT) offers a new model of education. Focusing on the most important areas of technology, SIT will drive research, development and innovation in a next generation learning and research environment. Using state-of-the-art facilities, SIT's students, researchers and business allies will address large-scale world problems by developing a technology curriculum based on global issues.
The Steep Forces Driving Cloud ComputingCraig Rispin
Craig Rispin, Business Futurist presentation for executives of Oracle and Telstra on - "The Steep Forces Driving Cloud Computing" on 19th Nov 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
For more info on Craig Rispin, CSP:
www.FutureTrendsGroup.com
A Fundamental Disruption: Moving Information Architecture Into the Hands of I...Robert Barlow-Busch
Presented at the 2009 IA Summit conference by Peter Sweeney and Robert Barlow-Busch of Primal Fusion.
Technologies are considered disruptive if they challenge fundamental assumptions about how we do things. There is a fundamental assumption in information architecture that producers need to organize content before consumers can access it effectively. This is so fundamental that it permeates virtually every aspect of today’s online experience...
This presentation briefly introduces semantic technologies before exploring how these technologies could challenge the foundations of information architecture...
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/dec-2016-member-meeting-khronos
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Mark Bünger, Vice President of Research at Lux Research, delivers the presentation "Imaging + AI: Opportunities Inside the Car and Beyond" at the December 2016 Embedded Vision Alliance Member Meeting. Bünger presents his firm’s perspective on how embedded vision will upend the automotive industry.
The first "Insights in Technology Conference" was in Schaffhausen on December 16, 2019. The event is organized by the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology SIT. Special guest is Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterle.
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology website: http://sit.org
The digital world is facing a crisis that has at the same time opened new windows of opportunity. To tackle the shortage of potential leaders joining the digital sector, the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT) has crafted a new course: Masters of Science (MSc) in Computer Science and Software Engineering – to better prepare graduates for leadership roles, specifically within the IT and Science disciplines.
At the #SITinsights in Technology talk, we’re blending computing and economics, bringing knowledge and expertise from all relevant fields to help enable global efforts.
About Schaffhausen Institute of Technology:
With its pioneering curriculum, the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT) offers a new model of education. Focusing on the most important areas of technology, SIT will drive research, development and innovation in a next generation learning and research environment. Using state-of-the-art facilities, SIT's students, researchers and business allies will address large-scale world problems by developing a technology curriculum based on global issues.
The Steep Forces Driving Cloud ComputingCraig Rispin
Craig Rispin, Business Futurist presentation for executives of Oracle and Telstra on - "The Steep Forces Driving Cloud Computing" on 19th Nov 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
For more info on Craig Rispin, CSP:
www.FutureTrendsGroup.com
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Cloud Computing- The Case Against (2009)
1. Larry Ellison (Oracle):
It’s complete gibberish.
When is this idiocy going
to stop?
Richard Stallman (EFF):
"stupidity" that ultimately will
result in vendor lock-in and
escalating costs.
2. 3D printing
Visibility
Cloud Gartner IT Hype Cycle 2008
Computing
Augmented
Reality
Electronic Paper
Time
Technology Peak of Trough of Slope of Plateau of
Trigger Inflated Disillusionment Enlightenment Productivity
Expectations
3.
4. However, there are serious risks
and disadvantages with
third-party cloud services…
5.
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8. Total CPU / month cost
Price for Public
Cloud Consumers
SME Large Enterprise